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Implementing Act on the Convention concerning the collection, storage and discharge of waste from ships navigating along the Rhein and other inland waters.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 62, 19 December 2003, pp. 2642-2644.
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Effluent waste water/discharge Waste management Freshwater pollution Inland waters
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Basin
Rhine
Abstract

An Act to implement the Convention concerning the collection, storage and discharge of waste from ships navigating along the Rhine and other inland waters signed at Strasbourg on 9 September 1996. Article 1 establishes that ports and turnover places which are situated on waterways mentioned in Annex 1 of the above-mentioned Convention have to arrange for special places where domestic waste, slope and hazardous waste are accepted. Article 2 names the Federal Ministry for Traffic, Building and Housing as responsible for the execution of the present Ordinance. The text consists of 4 articles.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Repealed by

Implementation Act on Inland Navigation Waste Convention.

Legislation | Germany | 2021

Keyword: Pollution control, Inland waters, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste management, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Environmental standards, Offences/penalties, Standards, Protection of environment, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX